> Upon completion of the project there will be an additional 150-200 Bahamians who will be hired at a salary of thirty to forty thousand dollars per annum
Yeah, either this dude is a sucker at negotiating or he owns shares in Royal Caribbean. Either way, he is selling some big dreams.
Can it be changed? Possibly so, depending on how it was drawn up. The government is going to pay a fortune in legal fees if they decide to fight it though. I would really like to see the document just to read it for myself without having any media spin. Minnis should be thrown in jail if he really did rent out prime PI property for 150k a year....for a business venture sure to make money at that.
Loretta should have stayed out of politics. Just because Minnis was pure trash does not automatically mean that she would have been any better. Why did she get run out of ruby red Montagu and shuffled into Long Island again? The FNM was screwed no matter which way it went in 2016. We will see if Pintard is any better.
A Freedom of Information Act is completely pointless if it does not have any teeth to enforce it. Given what I know about how governments run here, there is no way that whoever drafts it will put any teeth into enforcing requests. Requests will just be "forgotten about" or go unanswered with no repercussion to the government.
By all accounts, Pintard seemed to perform very well with the agriculture and fisheries portfolios. It is a sign that he can more than likely handle greater responsibility.
Lewis botched the Dorian response, and Kwasi was just Minnis's puppet, so Pintard was the only choice that can be said to have had some "leadership" experience there.
This is the first smart decision made by the FNM in quite a while. That being said, Bahamians get way too caught up in a single face when the political apparatus behind the face is a lot more important. It is called "party" politics for a reason.
I like what he is saying so far, but actions are far more important than words. We will see very soon if the FNM has truly changed any.
> She explained: “We also have the challenge where you go to a safe house and it’s supposed to be safe and you calling the person and you’re exposing the safe house so it’s a whole culture if we’re going to have the safe house. Even then, it’s only about two weeks that you can stay in a safe house. Where are you going if you’re financially dependent on this person? Who is going to pay your salary – the government? Who is going to take care of the child? The safe house is only a gap, only a time period then we must figure out what’s the next step.”
This is something that is rarely touched on as well. This is where having a proper family structure comes into play. The death of Bahamian society was brought about with the destruction of the family unit.
My pieces of advice to women are :
1.) If he looks like the kind of man to hit you, don't get involved with him. You can't turn a gangster into a saint.
2.) Have a proper family/church support network if possible. You can't control if your parents split or something, but at least have a cousin or church sister than you can depend on for a period of time if the worst happens.
3.) Stop having kids out of wedlock. If he won't marry you, he isn't worth having a child with. The Bible condemns fornication for many good reasons.
The Bahamas has a wage issue, but it is not the root problem. The root problem is simply that most jobs in the Bahamian economy are not skilled, and with high unemployment, you can just bring in any random person off of the street to fill them. Those kinds of positions are never going to pay anyone a "liveable wage", and the fact that there is such an abundance of surplus labour doesn't help. Skilled jobs are somewhat niche, and opportunities to get in them are gatekept by the old boys club that current has all the power in that industry.
The Bahamas has an economy built around bartending and room cleaning, how can you possibly expect for people to obtain a "living wage" from those kinds of positions?
I won't be buying anymore land if the courts allow this crap to continue. If the Haitians can just clear down property that they don't own, start building without permits, and then claim ownership of the land, you better believe that I, a Bahamian from birth, will be doing it as well.
FrustratedBusinessman says...
> Upon completion of the project there will be an additional 150-200 Bahamians who will be hired at a salary of thirty to forty thousand dollars per annum
Yeah, either this dude is a sucker at negotiating or he owns shares in Royal Caribbean. Either way, he is selling some big dreams.
On MINNIS DEFENDS RCL’S LAND LEASE: Insists project brings jobs but agrees length of deal was not usual
Posted 30 November 2021, 11:09 a.m. Suggest removal
FrustratedBusinessman says...
Can it be changed? Possibly so, depending on how it was drawn up. The government is going to pay a fortune in legal fees if they decide to fight it though. I would really like to see the document just to read it for myself without having any media spin. Minnis should be thrown in jail if he really did rent out prime PI property for 150k a year....for a business venture sure to make money at that.
Loretta should have stayed out of politics. Just because Minnis was pure trash does not automatically mean that she would have been any better. Why did she get run out of ruby red Montagu and shuffled into Long Island again? The FNM was screwed no matter which way it went in 2016. We will see if Pintard is any better.
On EDITORIAL: Can 150-year Royal Caribbean deal be changed?
Posted 29 November 2021, 11:03 a.m. Suggest removal
FrustratedBusinessman says...
A Freedom of Information Act is completely pointless if it does not have any teeth to enforce it. Given what I know about how governments run here, there is no way that whoever drafts it will put any teeth into enforcing requests. Requests will just be "forgotten about" or go unanswered with no repercussion to the government.
On ‘Pilot’ plan for Freedom of Information
Posted 29 November 2021, 11 a.m. Suggest removal
FrustratedBusinessman says...
By all accounts, Pintard seemed to perform very well with the agriculture and fisheries portfolios. It is a sign that he can more than likely handle greater responsibility.
Lewis botched the Dorian response, and Kwasi was just Minnis's puppet, so Pintard was the only choice that can be said to have had some "leadership" experience there.
On FNM elects Michael Pintard as new leader
Posted 29 November 2021, 10:52 a.m. Suggest removal
FrustratedBusinessman says...
This is the first smart decision made by the FNM in quite a while. That being said, Bahamians get way too caught up in a single face when the political apparatus behind the face is a lot more important. It is called "party" politics for a reason.
I like what he is saying so far, but actions are far more important than words. We will see very soon if the FNM has truly changed any.
On FNM elects Michael Pintard as new leader
Posted 29 November 2021, 10:49 a.m. Suggest removal
FrustratedBusinessman says...
Fix the family unit first. Children only imitate their parents.
On Moss calls for national anti-crime strategy
Posted 25 November 2021, 1:09 p.m. Suggest removal
FrustratedBusinessman says...
> She explained: “We also have the challenge where you go to a safe house and it’s supposed to be safe and you calling the person and you’re exposing the safe house so it’s a whole culture if we’re going to have the safe house. Even then, it’s only about two weeks that you can stay in a safe house. Where are you going if you’re financially dependent on this person? Who is going to pay your salary – the government? Who is going to take care of the child? The safe house is only a gap, only a time period then we must figure out what’s the next step.”
This is something that is rarely touched on as well. This is where having a proper family structure comes into play. The death of Bahamian society was brought about with the destruction of the family unit.
My pieces of advice to women are :
1.) If he looks like the kind of man to hit you, don't get involved with him. You can't turn a gangster into a saint.
2.) Have a proper family/church support network if possible. You can't control if your parents split or something, but at least have a cousin or church sister than you can depend on for a period of time if the worst happens.
3.) Stop having kids out of wedlock. If he won't marry you, he isn't worth having a child with. The Bible condemns fornication for many good reasons.
On ‘We need more shelters for domestic abuse victims’
Posted 25 November 2021, 1:02 p.m. Suggest removal
FrustratedBusinessman says...
The Bahamas has a wage issue, but it is not the root problem. The root problem is simply that most jobs in the Bahamian economy are not skilled, and with high unemployment, you can just bring in any random person off of the street to fill them. Those kinds of positions are never going to pay anyone a "liveable wage", and the fact that there is such an abundance of surplus labour doesn't help. Skilled jobs are somewhat niche, and opportunities to get in them are gatekept by the old boys club that current has all the power in that industry.
The Bahamas has an economy built around bartending and room cleaning, how can you possibly expect for people to obtain a "living wage" from those kinds of positions?
On Wage move ‘soon’
Posted 25 November 2021, 12:56 p.m. Suggest removal
FrustratedBusinessman says...
I won't be buying anymore land if the courts allow this crap to continue. If the Haitians can just clear down property that they don't own, start building without permits, and then claim ownership of the land, you better believe that I, a Bahamian from birth, will be doing it as well.
On EDITORIAL: Let the court decide on shanty towns
Posted 25 November 2021, 12:48 p.m. Suggest removal
FrustratedBusinessman says...
Paul's admonition to Christians suing each other before pagan courts comes to mind here.
On Golden Gates church row simmers on
Posted 25 November 2021, 12:46 p.m. Suggest removal